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To incorporate the Hainesport Boarding-House CompTiny. 



Whereas, The owners of the premises hereinafter mentioned, 
situate at Hainesport, in the county of Burlington, and otht;i», 
are desirous of rebuilding, improving, and fitting up the same as 
a place of summer resort for persons from Philadelphia and else- 
where; and Whereas, It is represented that corporate powers 
are necessary — the more conveniently to carry out the intentions 
of the said owners and others who wish to join the said enter- 
prise ; therefore, 

1. Be it enacted by the Senate and Greneral Assembly of the 
State of New Jersey, That all such persons as shall become 
subscribers to the capital stock hereinafter mentioned, their suc- 
cessors and assigns, shall be and are hereby constituted and 
made a body politic and corporate, in fact and in law, by the 
name of "Tub Hainesport Boarding-House Company;" and 
that Allen Fenimore, William Irick, John K. Roberts, Peter V. 
Coppuck, Allen Rogers, Benjamin Buckman, David Darnell, 
Nathan D. Pancoast, Allen Middleton, Jr., William C. Porter, 
Thomas M. Adams, Howell Evans and Barclay Haines, or a 
majority of them, are hereby appointed commissioners to open 
the subscription books and receive subscriptions to the capital 
stock, at such times and places as they, or a majority of 
them, shall direct, giving notice thereof for at least two weeks 
prior to the opening of said books, by publishing the same in 
one or more newspapers published in the county of Burlington. 

2. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company 
shall be twenty thousand dollars, with the privilege for the said 
company to increase the same at any time or times to any sum 
not exceeding fifty thousand dollars, which shall be divided into 
shares of one hundred dollars each ; that at the time of subscrib- 
ing to said stock, five dollars shall be paid on each share so sub- 



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ed tor to the said commissioners, and the residue shall be 

paid in such installments and at such times as the directors of 
said company shall direct ; and that upon failure of the pa ve 
of such installments, or ;.ny of them, the dir< < have 

power to forfeit tl hares of ev< ■; | iling to pay the 

sami >f said company. 

: '> lad be it enacted, That as soon as-one hundred and twenty 
shares of said stock shall bo subscribed for, the said commission- 
ers shall call a meeting of the stockholders, giving notice, as 
a -id, for opening the subscription books, and shall lay the 

iption books before the stockholders, who are hereby 
prized to elect, by ballot, from among said stockholders, 
■n directors, to whom the management of said company shall 
entrusted ; at which election, and at all other elections by the 
tockholders, every stockholder shall be entitled to one vote, 
either in person or by proxy, for every share of stock held by 
such person; and the said directors shall elect, from among them- 
selves, a person — being a resident of this State — for the presi- 
dent of said company, and may elect such other officers and 
agents as they may deem necessary. 

4. And be it enacted, That as soon as the said directors shall 
be organized, by the election of a president as aforesaid, the 
said company shall be authorized to receive a conveyance from 
the owners of all that lot of land and premises situate at Haines- 
port, in the county of Burlington, known as Steamboat Hall, 
which is thus bounded, namely : — On the north by Cottage 
street ; on the east by Washington street ; on the south by the 
turnpike road leading from Mount Holly to Moorestown, and on 
the west by Mile street; the said company paying the owners 
therefor the sum of seven thousand dollars ; and, after the said 
conveyance shall have been made, the said company is hereby 
authorized to purchase such other real estate at Hainesport, 
aforesaid, as the said company may deem necessary for the better 
enjoyment of the premises aforesaid. 

5. And be it enacted, That the capital stock of said company 
shall be deemed personal property, and shall be transferable only 
on the books of the company, in such manner as the directors, 
from time to time, by their by-laws, may direct. 

6. And be it enacted, That the board of directors, elected as 



aforesaid,, shall hold their offices until the last SatunL 
tember of the year succeeding their election, and until others 
ted in their place; and that annually, on the day of the 
annual election, the said directors shall submit to the stockhold- 
a statement of tt i of the company, and may from 

time to time declare dividends out of the profits arising from the 
property of said company. 

7. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immedi- 
ately. 

Approved March 18, 1858. 



|t £ upptonmit 

To an Act entitled " An Act to incorporate the Haines- 
port Boarding-House Company," approved March 
18, A. D. eighteen hundred and fifty-eight. 

1. Be it enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the 
State of New Jersey, That so much of the fourth section of the 
act, to which this is a supplement, as authorizes said company to 
receive a conveyance from the owners of all that lot of land and 
premises situate at Hainesport, in the county of Burlington, 
known as Steamboat Hall, and therein particularly bounded and 
described, upon the said company paying therefor the sum of 
seven thousand dollars, be and is hereby repealed ; and it shall 
be lawful for said company to purchase and receive a conveyance 
for such real estate as they may think proper, for the purpose 
of locating said boarding-house, at any distance not exceeding 
three-quarters of a mile from said Steamboat Hall, at Haines- 
port, aforesaid. 

2. And be it enacted, That this act shall take effect immedi- 
ately. 

Approved March 9, 1859. 



Note. — Application will be made to the New Jersey Legislature, at its next session, 
in January, 1868, to increase the capital stock of this company to $100,000. It is pro- 
posed to erect a first-class Family Hotel, to accommodate three hundred guests. 



MEMORANDA. 



Haixesport is a point on the South Rancocas Creek, at the 
head of steamboat navigation, two miles west and in sight of 
Mount Holly, and fifteen miles from Philadelphia. It is on the 
line of the Camden and Mount Holly Turnpike, and also on the 
Camden and Burlington Coun+y BaiWad — recently opened — and 
now running two passenger trains daily, each way. Time, by 
railroad, forty minutes, from the upper ferry, foot of Market 
street, Philadelphia, More frequent trains will be run after a 
time, similar to the Germantown Railroad. 

Philadelphia greatly needs a first-class Family Hotel within 
convenient reach of the city, for the accommodation of business 
men and their families, during the summer months, and, in many 
cases, all the year round. It is now proposed to supply that want. 

The point selected is high ground, in a grove of spruce pines, 
overlooking the Rancocas Creek, and a hio-hly cultivated and 
beautiful region of country, with pure.and good water, fishing and 
sailing on the Rancocas, and turnpikes and other roads furnishing 
delightful drives in every direction. The steamer Barclay plies 
daily, each way, between this point and Philadelphia. 

Gentlemen who prefer to drive in and out will have a good, 
smooth turnpike, on which to try the mettle of blooded horses, with 
the sun on their back in the morning, and the same on their 
return in the evening. Good stabling will be provided, on a 
liberal scale. 

The Hotel will be erected upon a scale and conducted in a style 
that will insure the comfort of families that want and know how 
to judge and appreciate good living, good quarters, and social 
respectability. It is intended to be finished and opened to the 
public early in the month of May next (1868). The design is to 
both pay the stockholders and serve the public. 

Abundant opportunities for attendance on public worship on 
the Sabbath, will be furnished by the five or six churches, of 
different denominations, in Mount Holly, only two miles distant. 

Philadelphia, December, 1867. 



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